Live Earth was seen and heard around the world
for 24 hours this weekend with nine concerts on seven continents. Will it
advance Al Gore's "Green Revolution" or allow a massive audience to feel better without the changes that
could make a difference? Also, the White House's "agonizing reappraisal" of Iraq strategy, and Boeing's new Dreamliner.

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Live Earth was seen and heard around the world
for 24 hours this weekend with nine concerts on seven continents. Will it
advance Al Gore's hopes for a "Green Revolution," or allow a massive audience
to feel better without the corporate, governmental and personal changes that
could make a difference? Also, an "agonizing reappraisal" of Iraq strategy at
the Bush White House and, on Reporter's Notebook, Boeing's new Dreamliner takes
the airline industry by storm.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has cancelled a
trip to South America amid reports that he's part of an "agonizing reappraisal"
of Iraq
strategy at the Bush White House, set off in part by the defections of high-ranking
Republican Senators. Press Secretary Tony Snow, who was grilled by reporters
today, stressed that the President wanted to respond to the situation on the
ground rather than to politics. Howard LaFranchi is diplomatic correspondent
for the Christian Science Monitor.

When Boeing rolled out its 787 Dreamliner this
weekend, it staged a global event of its own, linking partner-sites in Japan and Italy
as well as Everett, Washington. The 787 is a major investment in
plastic--to increase size, while lowering weight and requiring less fuel--at a
time when the airline industry is both expanding and taking heat for its impact
on the environment. Stanley Holmes, Seattle
correspondent for Business Week magazine, has more on the fastest-selling
commercial airplane in history, even though it won't make its first flight
until September.

Live Earth was a 24-hour concert at nine venues
on seven continents featuring a galaxy of world-class pop stars along with
local acts aimed at reaching across the planet--plus Al Gore on the Washington
Mall. In the words of Al Gore, its creator and organizer, the event was
designed to "trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis."Were the 24 hours of music, commercials for
ecological products and political exhortations a high point of the "Green Revolution" or just
another high-tech spectacle? Will millions of people change their lifestyles?
Will they force governments and corporations to act on the message, or will the
massive audience be lulled into feeling better without insisting on the changes
that could make a difference?